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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






2. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






3. Sources of fats






4. Where can you get more vitamin D?






5. What does DASH stand for?






6. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






7. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






8. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






9. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






10. What function is vitamin A?






11. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






12. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






13. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






14. How many calories/gram is protein?






15. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






16. What function is vitamin D?






17. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






18. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






19. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






20. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






21. What is RDA of protein?






22. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






23. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






24. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






25. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






26. What is normal BMI?






27. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






28. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






29. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






30. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






31. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






32. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






33. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






34. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






35. What is the function of vitamin C?






36. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






37. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






38. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






39. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






40. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






41. What is the function of vitamin E?






42. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






44. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






45. When does BMR increase?






46. What foods have high quality protein?






47. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






48. What are healthy sources of fats?






49. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






50. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?